West Regional

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

There's no question...Mercyhurst. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go smoke some crack becuase my heroin buzz is wearing off.

Who do you think???...SIOOOOUUUUX

[DAR]

I hate to say it but the way the goofs have been playing the Sioux will need to play a near perfect game to beat them on their home ice if they beat Ferris, which they should. I think the big sheet works to the goofs advantage. We need to play a game similar to the Friday night game when the Sioux were down here during the regular season. A big difference though is the Goofs are now healthy. Potulny makes a huge difference in their team. We need 1)STRONG goaltending 2) Someone unexpected to step up and score a big goal 3) clear rebounds 4) and maybe most importantly, A little PUCK LUCK!!

[jimdahl]

Thanks to John Whelan, here are the Bradley-Terry adjusted for home ice predicted odds for each team to advance from the regionals (win 2 games):

Minnesota 66.2%

Ferris St 16.1%

North Dakota 17.59%

Mercyhurst .108%

and the sports book odds:

MN -350

Ferris +300

NoDak +500

Mercy +1500

[puck]

Sioux need all areas of their game to come together to beat the goofs on their home ice. They haven't put too many of those games together in the second half of the year. Had to vote goofs, but hoping the Sioux can string together 4 good games to close the year.

[bertibm]

Like I said in a post before, I think the Gophers will the West. They are playing there best hockey at the Right time

[Siouxrock]

lets go sioux

[flatspin7]

Now watch Mercyhurst go and shock everybody!!!